Keith Donohue has been praised for his vivid imagination and for evoking ldquothe otherworldly with humor and the ordinary with wonderrdquo Audrey Niffenegger His first novel The Stolen Child was a national bestseller and his second novel Angels of Destruction was hailed as ldquoa magical tale of love and redemption that is as wonderfully written as it is captivatingrdquo Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Centuries of June is a bold departure a work of dazzling breadth and technical virtuositySet in the bathroom of an old house just before dawn on a night in June Centuries of June is a black comedy about a man who is attempting to tell the story of how he ended up on the floor with a hole in his head But he keeps getting interrupted by a series of suspectsmdasheight women lying in the bedroom just down the hall Each woman tells a story drawn from five centuries of American myth and legend in a wild medley of styles and voicesCenturies of June is a romp through history a madcap murder mystery an existential ghost story and a stunning tour de force at once ingenious sexy inspiring and ultimately deeply moving.
